Whatever You Want

For other uses, see Whatever You Want (disambiguation).

Whatever You Want

Studio album by Status Quo

Released

October 1979

Genre

Rock

Length

42:12

Status Quo chronology

If You Can't Stand the Heat...
(1978)

Whatever You Want
(1979)

Just Supposin'
(1980)

Singles from Whatever You Want

"Whatever You Want"
Released: 1979
"Living on an Island"
Released: 1979

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Smash Hits	7½/10^[2]

Whatever You Want is the twelfth studio 1979 album by the British rock band Status Quo. It features 10 tracks including the title track. This was the band's third album to be produced by Pip Williams. Recording began in December 1978 at Hilversum Studios in the Netherlands, with the final mixes being completed in London in March 1979. The album was released on 12 October 1979 and entered the chart on 20 October 1979, reaching as high as no. 4. The first single from the album — "Whatever You Want" — was released on 14 September, with "Hard Ride" as the B-side, and also reached a peak position of no. 4. The second single from the album was "Living On an Island", the B-side being "Runaway". This was released on 16 November 1979 and reached no. 16 in the chart.

The album was remixed for the US market and this version was released in the USA with the title Now Hear This in 1980, and it was finally released on CD as part of the 2016 deluxe remaster.^[3] However this omitted two tracks, Shady Lady and Your Smiling Face. These are therefore only available on the original vinyl/cassette/8-track releases. The tracks "Whatever You Want" and "Living On an Island" were also swapped in the running order of the US remixed version.

Track listing

"Whatever You Want" (Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown) — 4:04
"Shady Lady" (Francis Rossi, Robert Young) — 3:00
"Who Asked You" (Alan Lancaster) — 4:00
"Your Smiling Face" (Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown) — 4:25
"Living on an Island" (Rick Parfitt, Robert Young) — 4:48
"Come Rock with Me" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) — 3:15
"Rockin' On" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) — 3:25
"Runaway" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) — 4:39
"High Flyer" (Alan Lancaster, Robert Young) — 3:47
"Breaking Away" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Andy Bown) — 6:44

2005 reissue bonus tracks

"Hard Ride" (Alan Lancaster/Green)
"Bad Company" (Williams, Peter Hutchins)
"Another Game In Town" (demo) (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost)
"Shady Lady" (demo) (Francis Rossi, Robert Young)
"Rearrange" (demo) (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost)
"Living On An Island" (single version) (Rick Parfitt, Robert Young)

Re-releases

The album was first released in compact disc format in 1991, on a CD also containing Just Supposin'. To make the two albums fit the single disc, the track "High Flyer" was omitted, while the song "The Wild Ones" was omitted from Just Supposin').^[4]

The album was digitally remastered and released in compact disc format in 2005. The first release was on 7 March 2005 by Mercury Records in the United Kingdom; the second on 12 July 2005 by Universal Records International in the United States and elsewhere.

Personnel

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (November 1–14, 1979): 29.
↑ "Status Quo - Deluxe Editions#2". Official Status Quo Web Site.
↑ "CD Albums 1". Status Quo Collectors Page. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-01-19.

Status Quo

Francis Rossi Rick Parfitt Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Alan Lancaster Jess Jaworski Alan Key John Coghlan Roy Lynes Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley

Studio albums (UK)	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic (Stripped Bare) Aquostic II: That's a Fact!

UK Top 20 singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Down the Dustpipe" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Again and Again" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Come On You Reds" "Jam Side Down" "You'll Come 'Round" "The Party Ain't Over Yet"

Other singles	"Black Veils of Melancholy" "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "In My Chair" "Tune to the Music" "Gerdundula" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Accident Prone" "She Don't Fool Me" "Who Gets the Love?" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "All Stand Up" "Thinking of You" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"

See also	Status Quo discography Bob Young

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